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SKIN-CURA
OR,
Crawford’s
ECZEMA WASH!
Is an absolute specific for Dan
druff and all Diseases and Humors
of the Scalp. If you have any
Scalp trouble get a bottle at once.
It contains no poison or grease
and is an elegant Hair Dresser.
John Crawford & Cos.,
febl7-90 Athens, (la.
CITY GOVERNMENT—IB9O.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance —George H. Gilreath, chairman; W. F.
Baker. A. M, Puckett.
Streets—Martin Collins, chairman; L, Johnson,
M. M. Puckett.
Ordinances and Rules —Dr L, Johnson, chair
man; Martin Collins, G. W. Waldrup.
Cemetery—George W. Waldrup, chairman; G.
H. Gilreath, A. J. Collins.
Relief—A. M. Puckett, chairman; W. F. Baker,
G. W, Waldrup.
Water—Martin Collius, chairman; G, W. Wal
drup, L. Johnson.
Gas—M. M. Puckett, chairman; W. F. Baker,
G. H. Gilreath
Public Buildings—A. J. Collins, chairman; M.
M. Puckett, A. M. Puckett.
Fire Department—W. F. Baker,chairman; Geo,
11. Gilreath, L. Johnson.
J. H. Wikle, Mayor,
8. F. Milam, Clerk.
OVER THE TOWN.
Items Picked up Here and There by
Courant-American Reporters.
Has old zero sworn off?
The days are growing longer.
The demand for houses grows
greater.
The LaGrippe jokes are doing
double duty.
Dock Cunyus spent yesterday in
Chattanooga.
Mr. It. W. Satterfield visited At
lanta Tuesday.
Bouquets of violets and hyacinths
are now in order.
Miss Julia Pinkerton is visiting
friends in Dalton.
Mr. Percy Magnus, of Atlanta
was in town Monday,
Only a small amount of holiday
goods were left over.
Mr. Hiram Blalsdel! is at Boston,
down with the influenza.
The Leake property was not sold
in Atlanta on last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Graham
spent Wednesday in Atlanta.
Avoid sneezing in public or you
► will be regarded with suspicion.
Mr. George A. Veach, of Adairs
-ville, spent Friday in the city.
{the social gaieties have sonae
-wlmt abated since the holidays.
Mr. A, O. Granger was in town
• several days this and last week.
The warm weather has given
many a porker anew lease on life.
The old summer salutation is now
►common: “Is this warm enough for
you ?”
With the bursting buds of spring
will come an unprecedented build
ing boom.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Curry, of
Rome, spent several days in the city
last wek.
John Skinner has gone to Pied
mont, Ala,, to In vestigate the extent
of the boom.
Dr. Puckett has moved his office
to the room over the drug store of
Wikle & Young.
The county alliance will have a
meeting at the court house next
Saturday afternoon.
There has been a good deal of
moving around in this city in the
last week or two.
The school children are Again at
their hooks, after pleasantly spend
ing the holidays.
Mrs. Mayfield and children have
returned from a month’s visit to
Lawreneeville, Ga.
Ni ail Agent Buck, of the E. & W,,
is off his route for a few days, on
account of sickness.
The mayor’s matinee is generally
largely attended—all colors and
sizes being represented.
The houses on the land purchased
for the East and West railroad
shops are being torn down.
Messrs. Robert Walker and Jack
Majors will start a newspaper in
Adairsville in a few weeks.
A man with a loud voice asked
at the book store the other day for
J ‘the music of the Gondo-liars.”
Remember the firemen’s fair. The
laddies should be enthusiastically
encouraged by our whole people.
There’s a boom in mineral prop
erties, but it all seems speculative.
Development, gentlemen, is what
we want.
The children’s meeting, every
Sunday afternoon, is well attended.
It is,of great interest and is doing
much good.
The formulation of an immense
cigarette trust should be frowned
<lown as a heartless blow at an in
fant industry.
Landreth’s Fresh Garden Seeds and Onion Setts.
SOLD ONLY BY
R. G. niOT, DRUGGIST & GhEMIST, GARTERSVILLE.
Mrs. Dr. W. H. Newton and Miss
Lucy S. Newton, of Athens, are
visiting Mrs. James B. Conyers on
Market street.
Mr. S. 8. Plexico and family, of
Sharon, 8. C., are on a visit for a
few days to the cousin of the former,
Mr. W. H. Hood.
Frank Arinington has sold a val
uable piece of iron property near
Hall’s Mill and is now in Baltimore
arranging details.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Jones, of
Chattooga county, are over on a
visit to their sons, T. R. and J. P.
Jones, of this city.
“A green Christmas and a full
church yard,” is the old saying.
That is certainly not a pleasing
thought just now.
Violets continue to lend their
fragrance to the balmy zephyrs.
They make quite catchy and de
lightful buttonaires.
A young woman who proudly
displays the “moon” on each of her
finger nails never tells how long it
took her to paint them.
Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Wikle
have returned home after a most
delightful visit to Tennessee among
the relatives of the latter.
Captain J. J. Calhoun spent Tues
day at Piedmont, Ala. He says the
town is being beautifully laid off
and is preparing for a big boom.
Henry Terrell says that the num
ber of able-bodied negroes that left
this and Polk counties for Arkan
sas does not exceed seventy-five.
Mr, Crosby is having new ware
rooms built on the corner of Leake
and Erwin streets and will, in a few
days, move Ins oil refinery there,
There seems to be quite a ray of
sunshine developing over the hopes
ofonr people. Let all take cheer
and anew grip on all possibilities.
We have not yet had any regular
hog-killing weather and the farmers
are seriously perplexed as to their
meat supply for the present year,
If this weather hold* up the Sun
day school children should be given
a picnic as a reparation for the neg
lect of giving them Christmas trees,
Gns Richards, a conductor on the
East and West railroad, was mashed
between two ears on last Tuesday.
Fortunately he was not seriously
hurt.
Miss Grace Erwin and Mr. Miles
Dobbins ami Miss Lillian Booz and
Mr. li. P. Morgan attended the hop
at Cedartown last Tuesday even
ing.
Cartersville enters the new year
with great hopes and bright pros
pects. She expects to make greater
strides than ever in material growth
this year.
The already large number of
young men who control the business
of Cartersville has been noticeably
increased in the changes of the new
year.
Gen. P. M. B. Young is in Char
lotte, N. C., trying to negotiate the
sale of the Okefenokee swamp,
with prospects of accomplishing
good results.
The trouble with the man that
shaves himself is that he don’t ap
ply bay rum afterward, as a rule.
Yet “it is needed to allay sensitive
ness,” says a barber.
The East side fire company No. 2
will fill the places of two members
who have resigned, the first Tuesday
of next month. Applications should
be handed the captain.
Having begun the year by cutting
down his expenses, a certain young
man of this city has carried it to
such an extreme that he cut down
the size of the collar that he wears.
G. W. Satterfield & Son are the
sole agents of the celebrated Paden
Bro.’s shoe, the finest in the morket.
Each and every pair guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or the
money refunded. It
Henry Roff, lately of Calhoun, is
the night clerk of the Shelman
hotel. He is an efficient and oblig
ing hotel man and that house is to
be congratulated on securing his
services.
Sheriff Roberts has received a
car load of fine mules and will sell
them as cheap as they can possibly
be sold. They can be seen at the old
Thompson stables, near the South
land hotel.
“Yes, I promised her I’d swear
off on bad words this year,” said an
unhappy man “and by Jinks, inside
of an hour I got a present of a
match-box from eaeli of four differ
ent friends.”
Miss Lela Williams, of LaGrange,
spent a few days last week witli
Miss Fannie Bet Jones. She was
on her way to Shorter college to re
sume her studies, after pleasantly
spending the holidays.
It is said the young people will
get up a dance shortly. It has
been a long time since they glided
through the beautiful mazes and
consequently one at this time would
prove just the thing.
Dr. Bob Clayton, of Texas, spent
the holidays with relatives and
friends in the city. It is the first
time he has been here in a number
of years and he was consequently
warmly welcomed by all.
The idea of the city buying the
Sam Jones college for the public
schools is a popular one. It will
lessen the expenses of the school
and at the same time make them,
by consolidation, more efficient.
Money is tight, made so by the
small cotton crop. The banks will
make all necessary arrangements
for another year, and our farmers
need spend no more time deploring
what seem to them a sail fate.
Evan Mays is now at Miot’s drug
store, where he will be glad to meet
his friends. He is a popular young
gentleman and an efficient prescrip
tionist, and Dr. Miot is to be con
gratulated on securing his services.
Mr. L. E. Menkee, the photo
grapher, sent out the handsomest
New Year souvenir we have seen.
It was a fine photograph of his lit
tle son, and on the borders were
printed i “I wish you a Happy New
Year,”
Interchangeablegirls for church
entertainments are a novelty.
When one church gives an enter
tainment each of the other churches
lends a girl or so to help the festiv
ities along. This secures the float
ing trade of a dozen or so young
men,
Mr. J, A, Trawick loft the city
yesterday for Wildwood, Fla., for a
short stay. On Ids return ho will
assume his duties in the dry goods
house of J. P. Jones, where he has
been engaged as salesman. His
many friends will wish him a pleas
ant trip and a safe return.
Mr. Will J. Neel has gone into
partnership with Mr. W, J, Nun
nally in the practice of law at
Rome. Both are brilliant young
men and make a strong team.
They will give the old law firms of
the Hill City a lively shaking np in
the race for honors and ducats.
Mr. John Hughes, a grocery
drummer of New York, well known
by our people, died in Athens Sat
urday last while undergoing a sur
gical operation. He was given ether,
which had the effect of paralyzing
his heart. He probably knew more
people than any man who ever
traveled the south,
There have been some changes
around the court house. Sheriff
Roberts has moved to the first room
on the left, opposite the ordinary’s
office. Messrs. J. H. and Douglas
Wikle take the old office of the
sheriff and Messrs. A. W. Fite and
A. S. Johnson takes the office va
cated by Messrs. Wikle.
The dime reading of the ladies of
the Episcopal church at the resi
dence of Major C. II Smith last
Friday evening is described by all
who were present as one of the
most pleasant entertainments of
the kind of the season. The music
and recitations were particularly
fine.
The Shelman hotel has started
out with fine prospects and the
traveling public are delighted with
the change. The house is being
thoroughly renovated from top to
bottom and new furniture is being
placed in all the rooms. Mr. Shel
man is a stirring man and he and
his house will be a great benefit to
the town.
Quite a number of relatives and
friends gathered at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Miles A. Collins last Sun
day to make happy the twentieth
anniversary of their marriage. This
couple gave an elegant china wed
ding dinner, which was greatly en
joyed by all those present. They
were the recipients of quite a num
ber of handsome presents. The oc
casion was one that will long lie
remembered.
“You don’t mean to say this was
printed in your office?” asked a
printer and publisher a few days
ago, as he looked at a sample of
wedding invitations in the Courant-
American office. “Why, it looks like
lithograph work, and I would have
called it that if you had not inform
ed me otherwise.” The Courant-
American is leading them all in
handsome work, and those who
have occasion for nice printing
should bear this in mind.
Stockholders’ Meeting:.
There will be a meeting of the stock
holders of the Cartersville Land compa
ny at the office of Mr. John T. Norris on
Thursday night, theUtli iiist., at 7o’clock.
W. C. Baker, Prsident.
G. H. Aubrey, Secretary.
WHY NOT HAVE ONE?
We Mean a Local Building and
Loan Association.
Why Patronize Foreign Companies When
Our Money Couhi be Ymm! to Getter
Advantage at Home?
Why not organize a local building
and loan association in Cartersville ?
For many reasons the foreign com
panies do not answer all the re
quirements of our people. A home
company would only place money
on home property which could lie
seen and examined any day in the
year, and the advantage of a home
institution in reasonable profit and
absolute security is easily seen.
From the nature of these associa
tions returns are necessarily slow.
They are made up from the accu
mulations of many people paying
in small amounts at stated times.
From these accumulations loans are
made and payments required in
small amounts. These payments
added to original installments are
reloaned monthly until such time
as distribution of funds is provided
for. This is the general plan that
has been tried and found beneficial
wherever t'fvrrtl out legitimately.
On the other hand, counterfeit
schemes have been started; bonan
zas talked np; largo profits por
trayed; much promised and little
fulfilled. The latter are well calcu
lated to lure the unwary; but ex
perience lias shown that it is the
part of wisdom to avoid them.
Of the sure workings of a home
institution we call attention to what
has been done in our neighboring
city of Rome, A writer in the Tri
bune says that the building and
loan association of that city wais or
ganized in February, 18S8,
without making a loan until
April, and has furnished the money
to build twenty-nine homes for peo
ple of Rome and furnished the
money to pay for nine other homes
already built.
The cost of them can be easily
figured when it Is stated that
all advances were subject to a de
duction of ten per cent, and bear
interest upon the gross sum at 7 per
cent, per annum, and are paid back
in one hundred and twenty month
ly installments the interest is cal
culated upon an equation of pay
ments anil each month finds the
debt smaller until at the end of the
term there is no more to pay. On
tire other hand the stockholder pays
in $2 per month per share for fifty
fifty months, when the stock is
paid up and the amounts then paid
in from loans will be distributed to
the ow ners of stock. It will in* not
ed that there are no uncertain times
or values, A stockholders con
tracts to pay a fixed amount SIOO
per share, and a borrower agrees to
pay back a fixed amount and neith
er are subject to any contingency.
It is proper to repeat that this asso
ciation has already earned for its
stockholders a profit of nearly elev
en per cent, per annum and the
percentage will grow larger as the
amounts handled become greater.
' How much lietter it would be to
have here in Cartersville an organi
zation on the above plan than to be
a very small part of some great or
ganization of which our people know
hut little. The experience of other
communities fully supports this
conclusion.
There are those who would at
once enter into a local association,
and if others w ould lend a helping
hand the association would no
doubt be shortly organized.
To show how foreign building
and loan associations are regarded
elsewhere we publish the following:
Missouri recently made this
change in her law on the subject:
“Forbids foreign building associa
tions doing business in Missouri
without depositing SIOO,OOO and
making it a misdemeanor to solicit
for associations not complying with
this provision; penalty as high as
SI,OOO tine and imprisonment one
year, or both.”
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate of Virginia to regulate the
business of foreign building and
loan associations operating in that |
State. The main feature of the
proposed law requires all such as
sociations to deposit bonds of the
State or the United States with the
State treasurer in such amount
that the cash sum shall equal ten
thousand dollars, as a condition
precedent to being allowed to do
business within the limits of the
commonwealth. The bill, if enac
ted, says tlie Manufacturers Record,
will shut out “wild eat” concerns
and benefit legitimate home en
terprises, which, other things being
equal, should always be preferred.
ALMOST GIVEN MY!
CLOAKS, OVERCOATS,
BLANKETS, UNDERWEAR,
FLANNELS, DRESS GOODS.
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.
SURPRISES IN STORE FOR YOU.
SCHEUER BROS.,
The Largest Dry Goods House in Cartersville.
The gem.
JOHN TAYLOR, : : Proprietor.
Rakemknt lUkeb a Haul New Bcildino.
/CARTERSVILLE CAN NOW BOAST OF AH ELEGANT AND TASTY
V J Barber Shop as any city In the country, under the proprietorship of John
Taylor, the veteran, whose work needs no commendation from our people, ilis
shop being superbly equipped, handsomely furnished, he is prepared to give the
utmost satisfaction at most reasonable prices.
Ocntleinou will always be welcome and properly treated at THE GEM.
Full line of best CIGARS always on hand. Plenty polite ami efficient barbers
will lie found at THE GEM. JOHN TAYLOR, The Original Georgia Barber.
To Our Former Customers and
the Public Generally.
\Ve take this opportuni
ty of notifying you of our
removal from the old stand
of Stokely, Williams & Cos.,
to the store house on south
side Main street, lately oc
cupied by Montgomery &
Son, where we will keep
constantly on hand a large
and well selected stock of
dry goods. Our motto is
“Short profits and quick
sales,” and we will sell you
the best goods at bottom
prices.
Thanking you most cor
dially for your patronage
in the past, we solicit your
future trade, promising
good goods, and fair deal
ing. Moon & Mays.
Parties desiring a good cigar can
find a good variety to select from, at
low prices, at the Shelman House
A Fine Barber Shop.
The shop of John Taylor, in the
basement of the Baker & Hall
building, is a regular tonsorial
palace. It has been fitted up ad
mirably and everything is nice and
scrupulously clean. John Taylor is
one of the oldest and best barbers
in Georgia, is reliable, and is a per
manent citizen of the town. He,
therefore, should be sustained by
our people. His effort to keep up a
shop second to none anywhere
should not be lacking in the appre
ciation of the public.
Wanted.
All unpaid claims against
the estate of Arthur Davis
sent in at once.
T. 11. Shockley, Agt.
A Change of Proprietors.
Mr. E. L. Peacock has sold to Mr.
A. B. Cunyus the North Georgia
Cheap Furniture House, the trans
fer taking place on last Monday.
Mr. Cunyus is a young business
man of decided ability and will
keep this popular house up to its
present enviable standard. The
stock he will carry will be complete
in every respect, embracing every
thing that is first-class. Personally
he is a favorite with all our people
and they wish him the greatest
success in his new business.
Akerman has the finest stock of Can
dies, Nuts a'nd Raisins, Ac., in town
and is selling them out cheaper than
you can buy anywhere else. Price him
on some of these goods and you can save
money.
Killed at the Crow Ranks.
Herbert Keys, a young white man
about 17 years of age, met his death
last Friday at the Crow ore bank,
on the property of the Etowah Iron
Company.
He ran the tramway from the
mines to the railway. He was go
ing to the mines with an empty car
and had gotten off to open one of
the gates. After the car passed
througli the gate he attempted to
jump on, but the car jumped the
track and ran over him, terribly
mangling him and killing him in
stantly.
He Will Not laave Us.
In the sale of his elegant furni
ture establishment to Mr. “Doc”
Cunyus it does not necessarily fol
low that Mr. E. L. Peacock will
leave our growing city. Mr. Pea
cock has been very successful in
his business, a proper result of the
energy and disposition to please,
that he has all along put forth. Car
tersville cannot afford to lose any
of her young business men and it is
with pleasure that we chronicle the
fact that Edward will linger with
us still. He will “turn up” some
thing and make it a success as
usual.
NOTICE.
The copartnership heretofore existing
between Drs. Green <fc Buford has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent.
The books of accounts of said firm are
now in the hands of Mauk Young, attor
ney, for collection. All parties indebt
ed to tho above firm are requested to call
on Mr. Young and settle their accounts,
as our business must be closed.
janibZt J. G. GREEN,
O. H. BUFOUI).
January 4, IHPO.
Parties desiring a good cigar can
find a good variety to select from, at
low prices, at the Shelman House.
A Slim Sale Day.
Only two pieces of property were
sold at public outcry last Tuesday.
The sheriff sold forty acres of land,
lying in the 17th district, to \V. J.
Neel for S4O. Samuel S. Plexico,
executor of the estate of John P.
Hood, sold three city lots to Messrs.
J. M. Todd and W. 11. Hood for
$l,BBl. This was considered very
cheap property. The bidding was
spiritless.
Pomp Johnson’s restaurant is the
place to got a good meal. Oysters, cele
ry and all other delicacies are constantly
served. He invites his friends to call on
him. During court week he will be pre
pared to serve customers from every
part of the county at low rates.
jan9-tf
County Alliance.
The regular meeting of the coun
ty alliance will be held in Carters
ville, Saturday, the 11th inst., at 10
o’clock, a. in. Secretaries should
send me their quarterly reports be
fore the meeting. This w ill be an
important meeting and good dele
gates should be sent.
Geo. W. Maddox, Sec.,
Emerson, Ga.
Mr. .lours in New Orleans.
Rev. Ham P. Jones is at New Or
leans preaching in the Washington
artillery hall to vast crowds. The
papers of that city are giving much
space to his sermons, describing
them as being of remarkable power
and versatility, his quaint eloquence
having a marked effect on his audi
ence. The hall has been engaged
for a month and has been specially
fitted up for the purpose. The Pica
yune says of Mr. Jones: “Although
not many years in the pulpit, he is
In general demand, as a hard hitter
in the cause of religion, and now
there is scarcely a great revival with
out his presence as a leading attrac
tion. llis style has been often criti
cised, but as he fills the biggest
buildings and brings so many people
within the reach of church influ
ence, the churches keep on encour
aging him and inviting him to
preach. The newspapers all over
the country have advertised him
extensively, and that naturally adds
to his power to draw crowds.”
SIO.OO Reward
Will be paid to any per
son furnishing information
leading to the arrest and
conviction of the parties
who are nightly lighting
and extinguishing the pub
lic gas lamps.
Cartersville Imp. Gas
& Water Cos.
May blossom.
On Friday and Saturday nights
and Saturday matinee this great
New York success, will be presen
ted to the citizens of Cartersville
for the first time since its memora
ble run of 3<X) nights in New York
city, since which time the piece
has been on the road for the past
four seasons and has everywhere
met with the same success and
praise from press and people alike.
It is a drama, in which the senti
ment is pure, the comedy neat and
the story appeals to the better na
ture of father or mother, husband
or sweetheart. The matinee on
Saturday will be for the benefit of
the ladies and children and the
little ones should go and see the
burial of the bird and little Miss
Fox,the most charming child actress
of the day.
Wood, Coal and Kindlings.
We will have from now
on for prompt delivery
plenty of good coal, wood
cut in stove and fire lengths
at cheapest prices.
Etowah Ice Cos.
FOB SALE.
A pair number one mill rock for sale
at a bargain. Royal R- Smith.
The Public Schools.
The schools of the city opened
last Monday with a pretty good at
tendance and was better than the
opening of the fall term. All the
pupils have not as yet entered.
At the East Side public schools
there are 87 pupils enrolled and in
the West Side 188. The colored
public schools have 63 in attendance.
Mrs. Harris’ private school com
mences with bright prospects. She
begun last Monday with forty-live
or fifty pupils and will no doubt in
crease the number as the session
advances.